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More money available to study than to fix the problem
HOW WAS YOUR National Invasive Species Awareness Week?
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Sampson Johns: a hero to remember and a tale of rusty rails
DEAR READER: Bound for Portland with 2,500 tons of steel rails, the three-masted British bark Abercorn arrived at…
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What happens now with end of a 2009 EPA climate finding
The Trump administration will move to kill climate regulations. But expect fact-based court challenges
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If layoffs are inevitable at TRL, start at the top
DEAR READER: Librarians are my favorite people. They are underpaid, underappreciated and under attack by book-banners and other…
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A day on the Hill in Olympia is time well spent
On a cool and (thankfully) dry February morning, Washington PUD Association members took trays of coffee around the…
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Budget needs hard choices, not rainy day fund
Washington lawmakers received a bit of a reprieve last week. But as they negotiate the supplemental operating budget…
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Birdwatching with a chainsaw
BIRDWATCHING is my life. Most of my best birdwatching has been done with a chainsaw. Birdwatching with a…
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The tale of two wallets
A couple of months ago my husband lost his wallet. We had been shopping in Olympia: Costco, Winco,…
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Defining moments for civil society and our commissioners
DEAR READER: Each morning that the U.S. Supreme Court is in session, clerks uphold one of its oldest…
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Reform of tobacco taxes can fund response to its harms
Senate Bill 6129 better fits current products and directs revenue to public health work and research
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Cap on child care would harm families and employers
Leaving thousands out of a state child care program will be more costly to the state in the…
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Let’s invest in state recreation areas
WHEN I WAS a young adult, I spent my summers working for the Boy Scouts, leading week-long backpacking…